ENGL 8876 Issues and Methods in English Studies
This course offers an introduction to graduate research in the field of English studies, with focus on problems of method revolving around the field's burning question, What is literature? We read a range of recent scholarship, exploring approaches, methods, and issues of interest, including formalism vs. historicism, literary and cultural theory, poetics, book history, and periodization. Primary works assigned are drawn from different centuries and all major genres, mainly from Britain. Students write either a research paper on a primary text or a substantial position paper on an issue or a method. This course fulfills the MA Methods requirement.
Course overview
- Department
- English
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.83 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.17 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 1
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2022 | Eric Weiskott | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 6 of 10 |